Some Major Stylistic Periods of Medieval Art and
Architecture
Churches, Abbeys, Cathedrals, Basilicas and Monasteries.
England; 1.
Anglo-Saxon
(c450-1066)
archway of Odda's
chapel, window
and archways (detail) of St.
Mary's, Deerhurst, sculpture
in Saint
Laurence, Bradford on
Avon, Hedda
stone, Peterborough, windows
and doorway
of
Earl's
Barton church and windows of Brixworth
church,
Northamptonshire, Ampney tower,
Langdon tower
2. Norman
(c1066-1180)
west door of St. Michael
and All Angels, Gallilee
Chapel,
Durham
Cathedral,
north
door
of Stanley
Pontlarge church, pillars
of Pershore
Abbey,
vault of Durham
Cathedral, nave of Tewkesbury
Abbey, crossing
vault of
Worcester Cathedral, doorway
of Eckington church, doorway
of
Guiting Power church,
doorway(s)
of
Withington
church, doorway
of Bibury
church, nave (detail)
and doorway
of Leominster church, doorway of
English
Bicknor, doorway
of
Bredon church, doorway
of Westwell
church, stringcourse
of
Coln St. Denis church, doorway
of Coln
St. Aldwyns
church, doorway
of Ledbury church, north
wall
of Rock
church, nave
and choir
arcades
of Hereford cathedral, corner
capital and doorway
of Avening church, nave of St.
Mary's,
Kempley, doorway
of Kilpeck church, doorway
of Lincoln cathedral, corner
butresses of
Chipping Campden church, corner
capital of Garway
church, capital
and archway
(detail) of
Tredington church, nave and pillars
of Peterborough
cathedral, corner capitals and
archway of Iffley church, archway of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, pillar, capital
and archway
of Morwenstow church
, nave of Gloucester
cathedral, doorway of
St. Mary's, Gloucester,
window of Boddington church , doorway (s)
of
Quenington church, window of
Elkstone
church
3. Lancet (Early English)
(c1180-1275)
Wells
Cathedral, nave of Lincoln
Cathedral, abbeys of Byland, Rievaulx
and Whitby
in
. Yorkshire, lancet
windows of York
Cathedral, nave
and lancet
windows of
Salisbury
cathedral, piscina
in Saint
Dubricius's, Porlock, arcade
and colonettes
of
Worcester
Cathedral, windows
of Sevenhampton church, windows of
Castle Combe
church, Greyfriars
friary, Gloucester.
4. Response to
Geometric (c1240-1280)
Choir of Lincoln
Cathedral, chapterhouse of Westminster
Abbey, cloister
of Salisbury
cathedral, arch
detail of Sevenhampton church, window
of St. Michael's, Buckland, cloister
of Gloucester cathedral
5.
Linear
(c1280-1300)
St.
Etheldreda's church window, London, Merton College Chapel
Windows,
Oxford.
6. Response to Rayonnant
(c1280-1300)
Boyton Church rose
window, Wiltshire, St. Mary's window,
Cheltenham.
7. Perpendicular
(c1380-1520)
East window, cloister window(s) and vault of Gloucester cathedral, east
window of
St.
Mary's, Frampton on Severn, Stroud spire
Wales; 1. Lancet
(c1180-1275)
Nave
(arch
detail) of Tintern Abbey,
Llanthony
Priory, lancet
windows of Abbey
Dore.
2.
Geometric
(c1240-1280)
Clearstorey
windows of Tintern Abbey.
Scotland; 1. Lancet
(c1180-1275)
Crypt
of St. Kentigern, lancet
windows of Glasgow Cathedral
Sweden: 1.
Romanesque
(c1100-1250)
Apse
and crypt pillars
of Lund
cathedral
2. Regional
Gothic
(c1250-1400)
Storkyran interior,
Stockholm
Gotland; 1. Romanesque
(c1100-1250)
Tower
of St.
Lars, St.
Drottens in
Visby, Gotland, cloister
pavement
in Roma, Gotland.
(*) 2. Response to
Geometric/
(c1200-1300)
Vault, doorway
and window
of Helge And, crossing
and doorway
of St. Lars, St. Katarina,
English
rose
window of St. Nicolaus,
St. Clemens, defensive
walls in Visby, Gotland.
3. Regional Gothic
(c1250-1400)
Doorway(s)
and window
of Tofta, doorway
and window
of Masterby,
more
doorway(s) of
Bro
churches in Gotland
Denmark; 1.
Romanesque
(c1100-1200) Doorway
of Osterlars
church, Ostermarie
church, Bornholm, crypt
of Viborg cathedral,
doorway
and pillar
of Ribe
cathedral, doorway
of Aalborg church, crypt
of Arhus cathedral,
Roskilde
cathedral
2.
Norman
(c1100-1180)
Stege church, doorway
of Helsingborg
church, pillar
of Absalon's church, Copenhagen
3. Response to English
(c1200-1300)
Sakskobing
church
4. Response to
Lancet
(c1200-1300)
Vejle
church
5. Response to Cistercian
(c1250-1300)
Bornholm round churches of Osterlars, Olsker, Nyker and Nylars.
6. Regional
Gothic
(c1350)
Frescoes
of Osterlars ( 1 2 3
), Nyker (1
2
3)
and Nylars ( 1
2 3 ),
Bornholm.
7. Regional
Scandinavian
(c1250-1400)
Elmelund
church, Svendborg
church, Nakskov
church, Odense
cathedral, Vor
Frue Kirke,
Odense
Norway; 1. Norman
(c1100-1180)
Cathedral
of St. Halvard, Royal
Chapel of St. Mary's, (ambient),
Oslo, Archbishop's
Palace
and archway
of the cathedral in Trondheim, archway
and pillar
of Stavanger
cathedral
2. Cistercian
(c1150)
Hovedoy cloister ,
Oslo
3.
Romanesque
(c1100-1200)
Doorway
of St.
Mary's Church,
Bergen
4. Response to
English
(c1200-1300)
Trondheim
Cathedral nave, Apostle's church, Bergen
Sicily; 1.
Norman
(c1070-1180)
Pavement
of San
Cataldo church, Pavement of Capella
Palatina in Palazzo dei Normanni,
Choir Pavements of Monreale
Cathedral.
(*) Now part of Sweden, but, at the time of construction, a
Danish province, see Liber Census Daniae, often referred to as Kong
Valdemar's Jorgebok.